During Napoleon’s 1799 Egyptian campaign, the Jacob’s Bridge over Jordan River was strategically important, with Napoleon dispatching General Murat to occupy the bridge and deny Ottoman forces the ability to cross the river and relieve the siege of Acre.
Murat’s small force of cavalry, light infantry, and two cannons managed to defeat a much larger Ottoman force.

After a sketch by Francis B. Spilsbury from “Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria, Delineated during the Campaigns of 1799 and 1800” (Spilsbury’s Account of his Travels in the Holy Land and Syria During the Napoleonic Campaigns)
As he was traveling on his Majesty’s ship Le Tigre as a surgeon in the expedition during both campaigns.